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U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa is opposing a judge’s ruling overturning an order to increase line speeds at slaughterhouses. The ruling is important because allowing an increase in speed means that ...

CHICAGO, March 31 (Reuters) - The largest U.S. meatpacking union celebrated a victory in federal court on Wednesday that it said invalidated a Trump-era rule allowing hog slaughter plants to run ...

Many chicken slaughterhouses nationwide can kill up to 140 birds per minute, more than two per second, which means workers moving too slowly might lose their job — or a hand. The injury rate for ...

Critics fear that increasing the speed at which animals are slaughtered could lead to less safe food and less safe conditions for workers.